scrollbarBaseColor property

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05/02/2017

Specifies the base color of the main elements of a scroll bar.

Syntax

HRESULT value = object.put_scrollbarBaseColor( v);HRESULT value = object.get_scrollbarBaseColor(* p);

Property values

Type: VARIANT

Any color name or RGB values in the Color Table.

String format

variant

CSS information

Applies To	All elements
Media	visual
Inherited	1
Initial Value	depends on user-agent

Standards information

There are no standards that apply here.

Remarks

Windows Internet Explorer 8. The -ms-scrollbar-base-color attribute is an extension to CSS, and can be used as a synonym for IHTMLStyle3::scrollbarBaseColor in IE8 Standards mode.

The scroll box is the square box within a scroll bar that can be moved either up and down or left and right on a track to change the position of the content on the screen. The scroll arrows, located at each end of a scroll bar, are the square buttons containing the arrows that move the content on the screen in small increments, either up and down or left and right.

This property applies to elements that display a scroll bar. Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) enable scrolling on all objects through the IHTMLRuleStyle::overflow property. These objects are not listed in the Applies To list for this property.

Examples

This example uses IHTMLStyle3::scrollbarBaseColor and IHTMLStyle3::scrollbarArrowColor to create two div objects with different scroll bar color schemes.

div {
  width: 150px;
  height: 150px;
  border-style: solid;
  border-width: thin;
  overflow-y: scroll;
  font-family: sans-serif;
  float: left;
  margin-right: 10px;
}
.aquaScroll {
  scrollbar-base-color: aqua;
  scrollbar-arrow-color: blue;
  border-color: blue;
}
.bisqueScroll {
  scrollbar-base-color: bisque;
  scrollbar-arrow-color: red;
  border-color: red;
}

<body>
  <div class="aquaScroll">
    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat.
  </div>
  <div class="bisqueScroll">
    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat.
  </div>
</body>

The following image shows the result. Note that IHTMLStyle3::scrollbarBaseColor sets the scroll bar face color and highlight color to different shades of the same base color:

Requirements

Minimum supported client	Windows XP
Minimum supported server	Windows 2000 Server
Header	Mshtml.h
IDL	Mshtml.idl
DLL	Mshtml.dll